Notable and Quotable

Posted by Kendall Harmon

"If you can't find the Word in the text, it's your fault, not the text's. Go back and read it again."

--Markus Barth (1915-1994), as quoted by John M. Buchanan in Christian Century, the December 29, 2009 edition, page 3

Filed under: * Christian Life / Church LifeParish MinistryPreaching / Homiletics* TheologyTheology: Scripture

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Posted December 22, 2009 at 7:38 am [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. Sidney wrote:

Well, what if I find the Word, but you don’t agree that I found it?

Oh, right. It’s my fault again.

If this is what passes for Christian behavior, count me out.  Deliver us from this kind of arrogance.

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